OBSCURED BY CLOUDS: Lepenski Vir settlement

This article is part of Obscured by Clouds, a personal project curated by Biljana Janjušević about architectural heritage of Balkans region, with emphasis on local interpretation of Yugoslav socialist modernism. The concept is fragmented into mini-series , depending on the state – three articles per individual country, with an aim to raise awareness of lesser known architecture of Mediterranean region. Este artículo es parte de Obscured by Clouds , un projecto personal comisariado por Biljana Janjušević sobre el patrimonio arquitectónico de la región de los Balcanes, con énfasis en la interpretación local d el modernismo socialista yugostlavo. La serie se fragmenta en mini’series, dependiendo del estado: tres artículos por páis, con el objetivo de crear conciencia sobre la arquitectura menos conocida de esta región mediterránea. Fo Both architectural theory and history sometimes diminish the importance of prehistoric remnants of human settlements for overall disciplinary conception of architecture. Indeed, it would be untruthful to claim that all material remains of ancient buildings have architectural values. But in our rush to make the world better place, by architectural means of course, we forget that neither our social institutions nor the spatial standards and patterns have flourished from recent past. Architectural knowledge has rather long history, rooted deep in the ground of the ancestors. The building itself was born before social structure. Tanto la teoría arquitectónica como la historia, a veces pasa por alto la importancia de los restos arqueológicos de asentamientos urbanos para la comprensión disciplinar de la profesión.